christopher stevens was a participant. a full, strong, effective participant in his beloved democracy. chris, thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon, my name is tom pickering. chris stevens was a friend and a colleague. more than that he was among the very best our foreign service has to offer in support of our people and our country. a man destined for even greater challenges and successes. it is a special honor for me to be asked to be here and say a few words in his memory. i must begin by offer approximating my sincere condolences and passion to his family and friends gathered here this afternoon to honor his memory. in truth, what we say here our words, can only be a pale shadow for his service and sacrifice for his nation and people. indeed that of his colleagues, glen dougherty, sean smith, tyrone woods. i know you all join me in honoring and appreciating their service and devotion as well. chris and i worked together for a time almost a dozen years ago. he was even then fully committed to his work. an authority alr

speaker, i rise with my colleagues to honor, celebrate and remember ambassador john christopher chris stevensa son of northern california and the bay area, ambassador stevens tragically lost his life in the greatest service to his country. selflessly and courageously representing american values in a foreign nation he knew intimately and cared for deeply. in his diplomatic capacity,

speaker, i rise with my colleagues to honor, celebrate and remember ambassador john christopher chris stevensa son of northern california and the bay area, ambassador stevens tragically lost his life in the greatest service to his country. selflessly and courageously representing american values in a foreign nation he knew intimately and cared for deeply. in his diplomatic capacity, ambassador stevens brought a profound and prolific knowledge of arab world and middle east to his assignment. his exemplary gift for making personal connections was invaluable as his role as specific representative and ambassador to one of the most complex and challenging regions of the world. therefore as

speaker, i rise with my colleagues to honor, celebrate and remember ambassador john christopher chris stevensa son of northern california and the bay area, ambassador stevens tragically lost his life in the greatest rv

today we honor and celebrate ambassador john christopher stevens in this civic celebration of his life. i thank the stevens family for hosting this celebration here. amongst his many friends, his family, his colleagues from around the world who continue to reremember and celebrate his distinguished life and sacrifice he made for all of us. while we have lost a true hero to our nation, his accomplishments and generosity lives on in all the places he that served, promoting mutual respect and cooperation in international relationships. ambassador stevens is an inspiration to all of us. i did something personally. i texted my daughters who also grew up in the bay area. they have always reminded me that they love being san franciscans. now as young adults they pride themselves in being world citizens. this is that place. san francisco and the bay area, where we have our attitudes and evolve ourselves to be not only great san francisco and bay area citizens but the inter national status of our city and bay area promote us to be world citizens. i'm pride to be mayor of a city that embraces pe

the first tv interview with the sister of slain ambassador christopher stevens. let's go "outfront". >>> good evening everyone i'm erin burnett "outfront" tonight. nothing has changed. after $6 billion spent on the election, hundreds and hundreds of thousands of miles traveled by the candidates and millions and millions of pizzas consumed by hard-working campaign volunteers we seem to be back where we started on the edge of a fiscal cliff. president obama and house speaker john boehner haven't budged. yesterday we heard of talk of olive branches and reaching across the aisle. but this evening speaker bonner said this to abc news. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable and frankly couldn't even pass the house. i'm not sure it can pass the senate. >> he could be right about that. he's talking about raising tax rates. jessica yellin reminded us today that the white house has vowed to veto any bill that doesn't extend the bush tax cuts for families making $250,000, less than $250 a year. he's been very explicit. tax rates will be raised for people who make more than th

ambassador christopher stevens as you know and three other americans were killed in that attack.n pentagon correspondent barbara starr has been talking to her sources to find out what the former cia director will say tomorrow. she joins me now. barbara, you have new information on what members can expect to hear tomorrow from petraeus as he talks to members about the attacks. what do you know? >> reporter: well, good evening, anderson. that's right, i've spoken to a source who is directly familiar with petraeus' thinking, what he's planning to try and say on capitol hill tomorrow. he wants to testify, he wants to clear up any, what he believes are misrepresentations of what he has said in the past and what he thinks really happened in benghazi. first up, this source says that petraeus will acknowledge that he knew quite quickly immediately afterwards that it was sharia, that libya al qaeda sympathizer group, that was responsible for it. but they had some conflicting information. he also had some 20 reports that it might have been related to that riot that broke out in cairo just

christopher stevens, the u.s. ambassador to libya killed by the terrorist in september.nd tonight, he'll be honored at the common ground awards here in d.c. and those rewards recognize the outstanding accomplishment resolving the conflict and building peace. his sister will accept that reward on the brother's behalf. the secretary state, they will deliver remarks, eluding their diplomatic career. >>> serving in the military can be difficult enough of a call to duty. but some women trying to double that, they were planning a wedding, getting a little help to do it. >>> i'm surae chinn in manassas, virginia, where brides across america will donate the wedding gowns of their dream to the military bride. and in the meantime, she is searching for the one. that's the one? all right, it's yours. >> these beautiful dresses have been donated by different companies and brides. and they cost anywhere from $1,000 on up and these military brides, they get to take them home for free. >> i'm not comfortable. the air force captain is hoping for the perfect fit. >> this is it. it's prett

we entered into the congressional record our testimony honoring the life of ambassador john christopher stevensin the interest of time i won't read the entire congressional record but only an excerpt. it said mr. speake

before petraeus was set to testify about the attack in benghazi, i libya that killed ambassador christopher stevens. >>> developing news tonight. two residents of a senior care facility have died from eating poisonous mushrooms. two other residents are in the hospital. on tuesday a caregiver picked wild mushrooms growing at the gold age villa care home and cooked them as a treat. the mushrooms turned out to be poisonous. an elderly woman died and a second person died. the state is investigating. the sheriff deputies say it appears to be a tragic mistake. >>> a third person connected to the vandalism and arson of a muni bus is under arrest tonight. 24-year-old adam diaz was taken into custody day and charged with felony vandalism. police tell us diaz is the man in these pictures swinging a skateboard against the bus windows. officers are still looking for this man who smashed the bus with a metal barricade. >>> a special banquet was held tonight for the chp officer kenyan yo nu gstrom. he was killed on a traffic stop near alamo. they explain why young strom's wife was the honored guest. >> my husban

consulate in benghazi, libya, that resulted in the death of ambassador christopher stevens and three others. >>> also, the controversy over u.n. ambassador susan rice calling the assault spontaneous back in september has reached a boiling point. yesterday, president obama, in his first news conference since re-election, exploded at republican finger-pointing over rice. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador, who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had receive d, and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> earlier, senators mccain and graham slammed rice, vowing to stop her rumored nomination as secretary of state. >> i don't trust her, and the reason i don't trust her is because i think she knew better and if she didn't know better, she shouldn't be the voice of america. >> we will do whatever is necessary to block the nomination. >> well, back to petraeus, the "wall street journal" reports he was already at

consulate in benghazi, libya that resulted in the death of christopher stevens and three others. >>> also, the controversy over u.n. ambassador susan rice calling the assault spontaneous in september reached a boiling point. yesterday president obama and his first news conference since re-election exploded at republicans finger pointing over rice. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence she had received and besmir much her reputation is outrageous. >> earlier, senators mccain and graham slammed rice vowing to stop her rumored nomination as secretary of state. >> i don't trust her. and the reason i don't trust her is because i think she knew better and if she didn't know better, she shouldn't be the voice of america. >> we'll do whatever is necessary to block the nomination. >> all right. so back to petraeus. "the wall street journal" reports he was already at odds with his boss nation

in nibenghazi libya on september 11, when four americans were killed, including ambassador christopher stevens. >> other people were -- >> the truth is, infoation comes in, folks put it out thought the process, people , sy it's still incomplete. what i was up clear is we're going to do an investigation and figure out what happened.sa >> as part of the investigation, is it helping the communication between the divisions of, not just what happened in benghazi, but what happened within? i don't know, i would say even you wod admit, it was not the optimal response, at least to the american people as far as us being on the same page. >> here's what i'll say. >> yeah. >> if four americans get killed, it's not optimal. >> right. >> and we're going to fix it. and -- >> all of it? >> all of it. and what happens dung the course of the presidency is that the egovernment is a big operation, at any given time, something screws up, and you make that you find out what's broken and you fix it. >> question: did jon stewart unintentionally do president a disserviceby first using the byword "optimal" in his ques

before petraeus was set to testify about the attack in benghazi, i libya that killed ambassador christopher stevens. >>> developing news tonight. two residents of a senior care facility have died from eating poisonous mushrooms. two other residents are in the hospital. on tuesday a caregiver picked wild mushrooms growing at the gold age villa care home and cooked them as a treat. the mushrooms turned out to be poisonous. an elderly woman died and a second person died. the state is investigating. the sheriff deputies say it appears to be a tragic mistake. >>> a third person connected to the vandalism and arson of a muni bus is under arrest tonight. 24-year-old adam diaz was taken into custody day and charged with felony vandalism. police tell us diaz is the man in these pictures swinging a skateboard against the bus windows. officers are still looking for this man who smashed the bus with a metal barricade. >>> a special banquet was held tonight for the chp officer kenyan yo nu gstrom. he was killed on a traffic stop near alamo. they explain why young strom's wife was the honored guest. >> my husban

before petraeus was set to testify about the attack in benghazi, i libya that killed ambassador christopher stevensesidents of a senior care facility have died from eating poisonous mushrooms. two other residents are in the hospital. on tuesday a caregiver picked wild mushrooms growing at the gold age villa care home and cooked them as a treat. the mushrooms turned out to be poisonous. an elderly woman died and a second person died. the state is investigating. the sheriff deputies say it appears to be a tragic mistake. >>> a third person connected to the vandalism and arson of a muni bus is under arrest tonight. 24-year-old adam diaz was taken into custody day and charged with felony vandalism. police tell us diaz is the man in these pictures swinging a s skateboard against the bus windows. officers are still looking for this man who smashed the bus with a metal barricade. >>> a special banquet was held tonight for the chp officer kenyan yo nu gstrom. he was killed on a traffic stop near alamo. they explain why young strom's wife was the honored guest. >> my husband would be touched. >> reporter: k

four americans were killed, including ambassador christopher stevens.david martin has learned that the u.s. military deployed two special operations teams to respond to the attack-- one from europe, one for the u.s., but they were later turned back. when sandy flooded out shore communities, a lot of comparisons were made to venice. well, wouldn't you know it, venice is flooded, too, after several days of heavy rain. the adriatic sea rose up and overwhelmed the canals. the water was two feet deep in st. mark's square. the prototype for all the space shuttles was exposed to the elements after sandy ripped the bubble that protects it off the top. "enterprise" was not damaged. it's now part of the "intrepid" and and space museum on the hudson in new york city. the children of the storm tell their story to steve hartman. "on the road" is next. the pitch! whoa! so why are you doing his? only your doctor can determine if your persistent heartburn is actually something more serious like acid reflux disease. over time, stomach acid can damage the lining of your

. >> four americans including ambassador christopher stevens died in the attacks. the congressman said the hearings indicate to him that number could have been much higher. >> the state department called our intelligence committee and said we need help. they had about seven people who actually came to help them, and they were able to get the people out of the -- the area where the first attack occurred at the consulate to get him to the an exand eventually get them to safety. >> by now everyone has heard why david petraeus stepped down as head of cia. it would not have been proper for the fbi to inform the president about his affair with his biographer before they did. he also said petraeus did not change his account of what happened in bemghazi, whether it was a terrorist attack based on the presidential election, which, of course, just sglapd are people kind of buying that? was everybody in congress or on that committee kind of buying what he's say sdmrg we're only hearing what the people who were behind the toors are saying. from what we're hearing and people ar